He has used Wham! tracks as key plot points more than once (Club Tropicana in New Tricks: The Queen's Speech and Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go in The Watch: Twilight Canyons).
He left an abusive home when he was 11 years old and didn't become a professional screenwriter until he was in his 30s.
He is a fan of the English ghost story writer M.R. James.
He landed his first writing break on a CBBC show called M.I. High.